LONGSHOT: DEMS BATTLE FOR GEORGIA…
Hollywood collides with Trump — again…
Trump bashes Georgia Dem as liberals
spend gig to flip Price’s seat
GOP hits Ossoff for living outside district,
in final stretch
“Republicans, in the closing hours of Tuesday’s hard-fought Georgia congressional race, are hitting the Democratic frontrunner for living outside the district and portraying him as a conservatives’ nightmare who would increase taxes and take away guns.
The race has turned into a national contest, with top candidate Jon Ossoff attracting more than $8 million in largely outside donations. Liberals are pinning their hopes on Ossoff to win the conservative-leaning House seat and deliver a rebuke to President Trump.
“Liberals across America saw this as their great hope,” former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who once held that congressional seat, told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom.” “They’re terrified Donald Trump means the end of their world. They’re legitimately mobilized because Donald Trump does mean the end of their world.”
The 30-year-old Ossoff, a filmmaker and former congressional aide, is the leading candidate in a crowded field. But Republicans hope to keep him from garnering a majority on Tuesday to force a June 20 runoff that they think they could more easily win.
Trump has taken an active role in the race — a sign of how much Republicans want to keep the seat and blunt any momentum Democrats might get toward next year’s midterms.
“Democrat Jon Ossoff would be a disaster in Congress. VERY weak on crime and illegal immigration, bad for jobs and wants higher taxes. Say NO,” the president said Tuesday on Twitter.”
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